Spotlight On...Shauna Kanter

Why theater?: Had no choice. It was the only thing I have ever been passionate about.

Tell us about Birds on a Wire?:Birds on a Wire is a play about those incredibly strong people who survived the Dust Bowl. It is also about a family that learns, in part, to forgive each other for the most heinous of sins.

What inspired you to create Birds on a Wire?: Barack Obama and his inspiration to honor communities and reading "The Worse Hard Times' by Timothy Egan

What kind of theater speaks to you?: Revolutionary new theatre that means something, that exists for a reason, to make the world, one tiny inch at a time, a better place. Not interested in vanity theatre, or safe theatre.

What or who inspires you as an artist?: Peter Brook

What show have you recommended to your friends?: Anything produced by CompliciteWhat’s your biggest guilty pleasure?: PedicuresIf you weren’t working in theater, you would be_____: A Lawyer

What’s up next?: Directing Master Class for The International Festival of the Voice, Phoencia, NY.